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Federal
Register

The
Copyright Office is making technical amendments in the regulation regarding copyright
renewal to reflect the modification in duration of the extended renewal term from
forty-seven to sixty-seven years as a result of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term
Extension Act (Pub. L. 105-298). These technical amendments add a reference to
Pub. L. 105-298 and substitute sixty-seven years in places where the renewal regulation
designates forty-seven years.

Calendar

May
14: Effective date of procedures for proper service on the Register of Copyrights
in cases where a registration applicant whose application for registration has
been refused institutes an infringement action (66
FR 19094)

May 15: Roundtable on intellectual property
aspects of the preliminary draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments
in Civil and Commercial Matters (66
FR 20482)

May 21: Due date for comments on the requirements
for the submission of claims for royalties under the cable statutory license,
17 U.S.C. 111, and the satellite statutory license, 17 U.S.C. 119. (66
FR 20958)

May 23: Due date for reply comments on interpretation
and application of the mechanical and digital phonorecord compulsory license to
certain digital music services (66
FR 14099)